Chapter 6 HPSS Configuration
292 September 2002 HPSS Installation Guide
Release 4.5, Revision 2
Accounting Validation File The Encina SFS filename of the
Accounting Validation metadata Any valid
Encina SFS
filename.
/.:/encina/sfs/
hpss/
acctvalidate
Advice:Youneed to create and populate this file with the account validation editor
if Account Validation is enabled and Site-style accounting is in use (see Section
12.2.23: hpss_avaledit — Account Validation Editor on page 366 of the HPSS
Management Guide).
Account Validation A flag that indicates whether or not
authorization of user accounts should be
performed
ON, OFF OFF
Advice: If you turn this flag ON, you must configure at least one Gatekeeper
Server which will perform the account validation service.
Require Default Account A flag that indicates whether or not users
must have a valid default account index
before they are allowed to perform any
operation.Only used if Account Validation
has been enabled. If this flag is disabled,
validation will only occur during required
operations such as file creations, file
ownership changes, and account change
operations
ON, OFF OFF
Account Inheritance A flag that indicated whether or not newly
created files and directories should
automatically inherit the account index
usedby their parent directory. Only used if
Account Validation has been enabled and
Site-style accounting has been selected. If
this flag is disabled, new files and
directories have the user’s current session
account index applied to them.
ON, OFF OFF
Status Fields
Thefields below are statuses reported for the current or last accounting run. They are not configuration fields, and
thus are not changeable.
Run Status Status of the current or last accounting run Never Run,
Running,
Failed,
Completed,
Report
Generated List
Never Run
Advice: This value is set by the Accounting Utility when the status of an
accounting run changes.
Table 6-6 Accounting Policy Configuration Variables (Continued)
Display Field Name Description Acceptable
Values Default
Value